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Barbara Strauch

Deputy Science Editor for Health, New York Times

Author of:  The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain

http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-Strauch/e/B001IXOH5W/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/business/media/22askthetimes.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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